An electrostatic net model for the role of extracellular DNA in biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 3779-3787

  Dengler, Vanina ^a   Foulston, Lucy ^a   DeFrancesco, Alicia S ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXTRACELLULAR DNA; MATRIX PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84949679077     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00726-15     Document Type: Article

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